Wow. Just released this morning, from the Hubble Space Telescope:

Image Credit: NASA and ESA
Giant galaxies weren’t assembled in a day. Neither was this Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101). It is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy that has ever been released from Hubble. The […]

A UV-induced fluorescence image of the recently-discovered Thermopolis specimen of Archaeopteryx. Image credit: Dr. Gerald Mayr & The Senckenberg Museum.
It’s always pleasant to see good news.
As I’d mentioned in a previous article, we’d recently seen the introduction of anti-evolution legislation in seven states (eight, now, including the latest shenanigans in Maryland) here in the US […]

An artist’s rendering of the space-time ripples called gravitational waves. Image Credit: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gravitational Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space Time
Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in 1916 as part of the theory of general relativity. Einstein described space and time as different aspects of our reality, in which matter and […]

As reported here by the National Center for Science Education:
In his new article “Turn out the lights, the ‘teach the controversy’ party’s over,” posted on the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal’s Creationism and Intelligent Design Watch website, [Robert] Camp reports on his survey, in which he asked the heads of […]

One good turn deserves another. I adore the consistent stream of imagery from the Saturnian system; these pictures offer us the ability to peer back in time, and to ponder what dynamic events have shaped these icy satellites as we view them today.
Continuing on the heels of the previous entry, the Cassini team has released […]

Continuing my ongoing admiration of Saturn’s icy satellites, here’s the latest from Cassini showing a pair of new looks at Enceladus.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
A false color look reveals subtle details on Enceladus that are not visible in natural color views.
The now-familiar bluish appearance (in false color views) of the southern “tiger stripe” […]

A bevy of Plutonian news has come down the pike today.
The Hubble Space Telescope issued a press release today confirming the discovery of two additional moons orbiting Pluto.

Anxiously awaited follow-up observations with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of two new moons around the distant planet Pluto. The moons were first discovered by […]